Ridley Scott will be directing the prequel Alien, returning to the franchise he created over 30 years ago. And along for the chest-bursting ride is an up-and-coming scifi screenwriter Jon Spaiht, with a reboot idea Scott couldn’t refuse – Variety reports:
Twentieth Century Fox is resuscitating its “Alien” franchise. The studio has hired Jon Spaihts to write a prequel that has Ridley Scott attached to return as director.
The deal gives Fox another chance to keep the “Alien” franchise alive. There were three sequels to Scott’s original, but it is the first time the director has set his mind on directing one.
Spaihts has become a go-to-guy for space thrillers. After Keanu Reeves became attached to his Warner Bros. sci-fi script “Shadow 19,” Reeves hired Spaihts to write the space journey epic “Passengers,” which is berthed at Morgan Creek. That script got Spaihts the meeting with Fox and Scott Free, and he won the job with an “Alien” reboot take that the studio and Scott loved.
And to answer what you’re all thinking; No, we won’t be seeing Sigourney Weaver’s xenomorph-blasting heroine Ripley this time around. She has personally laid that bit of speculation to rest.
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